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2013: Groundbreaking for the renovation of the Lee House in Victorian Village as a bed and breakfast. To symbolize the transition of the home built in 1841, members of the Lee family gathered beside the house and rang the large bell in the side yard. The property is one of several homes of James Lee, who ran the Lee line of riverboats on the Mississippi River. The Lee House LLC – a partnership that includes Jose Velazquez, J.W. Gibson and Kathy Buckman Gibson – invested more than $2 million in restoring the house, which opened in April. Among the features is a 114-year old Steinway piano in the home’s living room.

1974: On the front page of The Daily News, the Bureau of Business and Economic Research at Memphis State University was seeing indications of the national recession with a “mixed” set of indicators from January in the form of a continuing decline from a year earlier in new car sales. Durable goods employment showed a loss of 200 jobs. Manufacturing employment was unchanged. The local unemployment rate was 2.9 percent.

Grace Stewart has joined the Metal Museum as collections manager/registrar. Stewart, who previously served as registrar for the National Civil Rights Museum for a year and a half, says her goals are to help grow and define the Museum’s permanent collection and facilitate greater access to the collection through exhibits and education opportunities.

On the day after Christmas, 1958, I turned 7. The next day, Ole Miss played Florida in the Gator Bowl. The only other bowl games then were Sugar, Orange, Rose, and Cotton – all played on New Year’s Day – plus Sun, Tangerine, and Bluegrass, played earlier. Eight in all.

Last week, I thanked all who had weighed in on the issue of stopping unwanted calls from marketers. One contributor (“Tanya”) sent me what was represented as something that had helped “cut down on phone calls to me.”

Connie Gonitzke has been appointed president and CEO of the National Foundation for Transplants. Gonitzke joined the Memphis-based organization in 2002 as a patient advocate. In 2006, she was named director of resource development, and in 2008, she became the senior vice president of development.

In-Synk and The Daily News will host a Leadership Lunch & Learn book review and discussion on Sheryl Sandberg’s “Lean In: Women, Work and the Will to Lead” Friday, Sept. 6, from 11:45 a.m. to 1 p.m. in the Triumph Bank board room, 5699 Poplar Ave. Cost is $20. Visit seminars.memphisdailynews.com.

I’LL TAKE YOU THERE. “Oh, mmm, I know a place… When Mavis Staples sang those words, everybody in the audience was moved to move. The kind of primal itch you got to scratch, the kind of muscle over mind that makes toes tap, fingers snap, and hands clap.

WASHINGTON (AP) – A White House celebration Tuesday night of Memphis soul music is an affirmation of the decades of hard work that went into making it a classic American music sound, said some of the artists tapped to perform.

Before exploring the hushed recesses of a law library and the endless indexes of a legal textbook, Chris Frulla of Rainey, Kizer, Reviere & Bell PLC wanted to explore some of the country.

His wanderlust took him from Memphis, where he’d attended White Station High School, to South Carolina and College of Charleston. He graduated cum laude with a Bachelor of Science in anthropology and minor in geology and environmental geostudies.

A group of organizations working to bring to life the Soulsville community ended a busy weekend that is an indication of the area’s promise at about where the produce section was supposed to be in the Soulsville Towne Center supermarket.

The Memphis/Mid-South chapter of the Federal Bar Association will present the 2012 annual federal practice seminar Friday, Oct. 12, from 8 a.m. to 4:15 p.m. at the University of Memphis Cecil C. Humphreys School of Law, 1 N. Front St. Contact Mary Morris at mmorris@bpjlaw.com or 524-5144.

The Four Tops, The Temptations Review, Thelma Houston, and Marilyn McCoo and Billy Davis Jr. will bring their legendary brand of soul to The Peabody hotel’s Grand Ballroom Saturday, March 31, during “Med Night: A Soul Celebration.”

The word “Mondegreen” made it into the dictionary in 2000, 46 years after it was coined. I guess I haven’t written about it since before that time.

The word was come up with by American writer Sylvia Wright, in a 1954 essay in Harper’s. As a youth, Wright heard her mother read from “The Bonny Earl o’ Moray”: “They hae slain the Earl o’ Moray/ And laid him on the green.”

Rainey, Kizer, Reviere & Bell PLC has chosen four law students as 2011 summer associates.

This year’s group includes Samantha Bennett, William Christopher Frulla, Jordan Scott, and J. Austin Stokes. Bennett and Frulla will work as summer associates in the firm’s Memphis office, and Scott and Stokes will work in the firm’s Jackson, Tenn., office.

Memphis-based auto parts retailer AutoZone Inc. turned in a strong fiscal third quarter, despite concerns about whether higher gas prices and bad weather in parts of the country would lead customers to drive their cars less – and thus need to swap out parts less often.

Heavy soul and deep grooves were in the air at The Peabody hotel’s Grand Ballroom Friday night as 14 soul legends took the stage to raise money for The Regional Medical Center at Memphis and to celebrate two-time Grammy Award winner Peabo Bryson’s 60th birthday.

In four Tennessee Supreme Court rulings over 16 years, attorneys, trial court judges and lower appellate courts thought they had established the standards for judging whether the death penalty can be applied in a capital murder case where the defendant claims “intellectual disability.”

Doug Petty has joined Phoenix Power Group as the new vice president of sales and marketing.

Hometown: MemphisEducation: I hold B.S. degrees in chemistry and industrial hygiene from the University of North AlabamaWork Experience: I worked for 10 years as a specialty hospital sales representative for Merck Pharmaceuticals. For nine years I was a senior industrial hygienist for EnSafe Inc.Activities you enjoy outside of work: You can usually find me on a golf course, but I also spend time singing and playing guitar in the Memphis area. I enjoy watching Tigers football and basketball games and cooking out with friends.Who has had the greatest influence on you? My parents are my greatest influences. I obviously chose wisely.What drew you to Phoenix Power Group? I was drawn to the opportunity to become involved on the ground floor of such an innovative, revolutionary system. In addition, this was a chance to be associated with a talented and experienced group of professionals and investors. Based on my years of professional experience, I know a good thing when I see it.What does your job as VP of sales and marketing entail? Our company utilizes breakthrough technology to convert used oil into electricity in an environmentally responsible manner. My position utilizes my background in environmental science, regulation, and high-performance marketing and sales. My specific responsibilities include managing regulatory affairs, developing marketing materials, training and distributor support.What do you consider your greatest professional accomplishments? It would have to be the relationships that I’ve built with co-workers, clients and customers over the years. Those are things that can’t be measured on a spreadsheets or sales reports. Winning the Regional Medical Center’s 2007 Pharmaceutical Representative of the Year Award certainly comes to mind.What do you most enjoy about your work? The level of excitement and energy around the PPG organization is remarkable. I’ve been looking for the opportunity to help launch a potential “Next Big Thing” for quite a long time. It is hard not to be excited when your field of work is always pushing the edge and creating new challenges and opportunities. No one has done what we are doing, so we really are a “new” idea. That comes with challenges and benefits; but there is something unique about “creating” a product, something that a cubicle just can’t offer.

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - A proposal to grant equal custody to divorced parents in Tennessee is likely dead this session after the sponsor withdrew it from a House panel on Tuesday.

Lawmakers hotly debated the measure sponsored by Rep. Mike Bell for weeks. But the Riceville Republican decided to withdraw the proposal from the House Children and Family Affairs Committee after an amendment was added that sought to give divorcees the "maximum time" possible with a child, instead of dividing the time equally.

The freight trains that rumble through Memphis are hard to ignore, especially the ones that parallel or bisect main thoroughfares and disrupt traffic. But even people who don’t cross railroad tracks during their commutes are likely to hear the distant blare of horns at some point during the day as locomotives make their way into and out of the city.

Judge William David Stinson Jr. died Wednesday at Baptist Memorial Hospital-Memphis. He was 82.

Stinson served as a Shelby County General Sessions judge from 1970 to 1982. He was a veteran of the U.S. Army, where he was assigned to the 231st Chemical Depot Company, which was sent to Okinawa and arrived just after the Japanese surrendered in World War II. Stinson spent one year in Okinawa guarding Japanese prisoners. He was discharged in 1946 as a sergeant, after which he returned to his education.

Chris Rosa has been named general manger of the Holiday Inn and Suites Memphis-Wolfchase. Rosa will be responsible for day-to-day operations of the property. He previously served as vice president of operations for Equity Estates, general manger at the Sheraton Meadowlands and area manger of the Crowne Plaza Ravinia in Atlanta. Rosa also has been named General Manager of the Year by Patriot American Hotels and Hotelier of the Year by the Connecticut Hospitality Association.

Hartsfield will oversee the continued stability and growth of the foundation’s fiscal, strategic, organizational and operational functions. Her duties also will include building and maintaining relationships with community leaders, as well as creating collaborations, which will enhance the foundation’s strategic model.

Walgreens has gotten a jump-start on retail clinics in the Memphis market, but more chain stores are likely to begin offering the service, which has its fans and critics.

Walgreens in September opened four Take Care Clinics in the Memphis metropolitan area and plans to add another four. Wal-Mart could be next through a partnership with RediClinic. Another service, MinuteClinic, has set up operations in Knoxville, Chattanooga and Nashville.

Dr. Rosie Phillips Bingham, vice president for student affairs and a professor in counseling, education psychology and research at the University of Memphis, has been elected to the board of directors of the American Psychological Association.

The Engineers' Club of Memphis Inc. will meet today at noon at the Holiday Inn-University of Memphis, 3700 Central Ave. The cost is $12 and no reservations are required. Mike Glasgow, regional engineer at Uni-Bell PVC Pipe Association, will speak about "Deep Burial of PVC Gravity Sewer."

Trip Peeples has been promoted to administrator for Methodist Alliance Health Services' Home Medical Equipment and Infusion division.

Peeples has been with Methodist Le Bonheur Healthcare for seven years, most recently serving as corporate director of finance and reimbursement and interim chief financial officer for Methodist Extended Care Hospital.

Jason Herrington, a financial adviser at Shoemaker Financial, has been named a field director for the firm. He will have the responsibility of advising and mentoring new advisers during their two-year training period.

Dr. William R. Frey recently was selected as the national president of the Alpha Eta Society, the largest scholastic honor for allied health professionals. The organization has more than 60 chapters throughout the U.S.

The first Crichton College Golf Classic benefiting the Crichton Comets athletics department is at 1 p.m. at the Tournament Players Club at Southwind, 3225 Club at Southwind. Registration, along with a light lunch and putting clinic, begins at 11:30 a.m. Cost is $150 and sponsorship opportunities are available. Visit www.crichton.edu or call 320-9700.

After nearly 40 years in office, State Sen. Curtis S. Person Jr., R-Memphis, is making plans to retire from the Tennessee Senate in November.

But while other 71-year-olds might opt for leisure time at this point in life, Person would prefer a gavel to a fishing pole. The senator is making a bid for Shelby County Juvenile Court judge, the position from which his friend Judge Kenneth Turner will retire this year.

Thomas F. Barnett and Emily Turner Landry joined the Memphis office of Baker, Donelson, Bearman & Caldwell as associates. Barnett concentrates his practice in the area of litigation. He earned a bachelors degree from Ohio State Unive...

Oct. 11, the United States Senate passed the Uniting and Strengthening America Act by a 93-1 vote. It is now...

72. Archived Article: Standout (leffler) - Friday, January 05, 2001 A star A star on many stages By KATHLEEN D. BARK Special to The Daily News Florence Leffler has had starring roles on many different stages in her career as educator, city official and actress. But, the role that she currently brings her energy and ...

73. Archived Article: Comm Briefs - Friday, May 12, 2000 The Baptist Mobile Mammography Unit will set up at the Sprint PCS store in Cordova, 7990 Trinity Road from 9 a The Baptist Mobile Mammography Unit will set up at the Sprint PCS store in Cordova, 7990 Trinity Road from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Monday. Those ...

74. Archived Article: Calendar - Monday, April 17, 2000 Calendar Feb April 17 The National Civil Rights Museum hosts Bridges and Boundaries Revisited: African Americans and American Jews, through July 7 at 450 Mulberry St. For ticket information or group reservations, 521-9699. The Memphis Songwriters As...

75. Archived Article: Market Briefs - Monday, April 10, 2000 The Trends in Technology Showcase is 10 a The Trends in Technology Showcase is 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. April 29 at New Horizons Computer Learning Center, 4775 American Way. The free event, sponsored by New Horizons, WWWDot and Star 98, will showcase state...

76. Archived Article: Marketplace - Monday, June 01, 1998 By DIANNA DEAREN Turning the tide The lack of women in science and engineering will be addressed through a local conference By DIANNA DEAREN The Daily News Despite making gains in recent years, women still do not pursue careers in science and engine...

77. Archived Article: Real Briefs - Tuesday, February 24, 1998 Re/Max of Kentucky/Tennessee closed more than $2 Re/Max of Kentucky/Tennessee closed more than $2.4 billion in sales in 1997, an increase of more than 10 percent from the previous year. The regions sales associates completed more than 20,600 transac...

78. Archived Article: Taxes - Tuesday, April 15, 1997 By SUZANNE THOMPSON By SUZANNE THOMPSON The Daily News The Internal Revenue Service is expecting 16 million federal income tax returns to be filed electronically this year, according to William E. Williams, former deputy commissioner of the IRS. Wil...

79. Archived Article: Bldg Lj - Thursday, January 02, 1997 lj 10/5 cates Salvation Army to build new sanctuary By LAURIE JOHNSON The Daily News The Salvation Army has started construction on a church at 4747 Winchester Road in South Memphis, its fourth house of worship in the Memphis area. The new church, w...

80. Archived Article: Salvation Bldg Lj. - Sunday, December 29, 1996 lj 10/5 cates Salvation Army to build new sanctuary By LAURIE JOHNSON The Daily News The Salvation Army has started construction on a church at 4747 Winchester Road in South Memphis, its fourth house of worship in the Memphis area. The new church, w...

81. Archived Article: Benchmark - Thursday, May 23, 1996 05-23 Benchmark Memphis Online Inc. vs. Computer Concepts Inc. A local Internet service provider has filed suit in Chancery Court to enjoin the alleged infringement of its service mark by another local service provider. According to the suit, on Oct...